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garlic naan bread

Garlic Naan Recipe

Brittany Piscatella
If you love Indian food, making homemade naan is a game-changer! This recipe is simple, clean, and a must-have for your cooking repertoire. Store-bought naan often contains seed oils and unnecessary additives, but homemade naan is fresh, flavorful, and made with wholesome ingredients. It’s soft, fluffy, and perfect for scooping up curries, dipping in sauces, or even as a sandwich (I made my husband a naan sandwich today). Ditch the store-bought version and bring authentic, healthy naan to your table!

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups of Organic Bread Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Warm Water
  • 1/2 Tbsp Active Dry Yeast
  • 2 Tsp Kosher Salt - The salt I use
  • 1/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp of Greek Yogurt or Plain Yogurt - I prefer Greek.
  • 2-4 Tbsp Melted Butter

Instructions
 

  • In a small mixing bowl, add the yogurt and warm water. Mix well.
  • In a medium mixing bowl add the bread flour, salt and yeast. Give that a good stir.
  • Now you are doing to add the wet mixture to the flour/yeast mixture and start stirring. It will look really clumpy and not together at first. That's normal.
  • Knead with your hands in the bowl or on a floured work surface until all the dough in in a nice ball. It should be a bit sticky. Knead for about 5 minutes.
  • Place the dough homemade naan dough ball back in the bowl and cover it with about 2 tbsp of olive oil. Rub the dough with your hands and make sure it is covered.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it rest for about 1 hour.
  • Take your dough out on a floured surface and mold into a longish, rectangular, thing.
  • Cut it into 4 large pieces or 6-8 small pieces. [I wanted smaller naans not huge ones].
  • Now roll the dough pieces into balls. If the dough is too sticky you can add flour, but don't go over board.
  • Then you are going to pull and dough ball out with your hands but don't make holes. You don't need a rolling pin for this, you just pull the dough out and smash it down with your hands on the cutting board. [See article for reference].
  • *Also if the dough is not being easy to work with, you can let it rest for a bit before trying to shape it.
  • Now we are going to heat our cast iron pan to high, let it get good and hot, then turn it down to medium. *If you are using a regular pan just heat it to medium and leave it on medium.
  • Place our naan on it for 30-60 seconds on each side! Check to make sure you don't burn it but it can have the darker spots.
  • When you plate it rub butter on it and top it with cilantro! Then keep watching your next one and do the same with all of them.
  • You are finished!! These are so simple and way too good not to make at home! Hope you enjoyed!!

Notes

1.*Also if the dough is not being easy to work with, you can let it rest for a bit before trying to shape it.